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If "conservative forms of fatherhood were obviously toxic relative to the Walzian glories of liberal dadhood, you would presumably expect to see those effects made manifest among children," @DouthatNYT. But the data pt in a different direction:

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As @JonHaidt has noted, it's progressive young women whose mental health has tanked the most in recent years: afterbabel.com/p/mental-healt…
@JonHaidt And as @jtrothwell @BrookingsInst has found, “Conservative parents are the most likely to adopt the parenting practices associated with adolescent mental health”, which is “warm, responsive, *and* rule-bound, disciplined parenting.” ifstudies.org/blog/parenting…
@DouthatNYT on the rhetoric VS reality of masculinity in American families: nytimes.com/2024/08/17/opi…

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More from @BradWilcoxIFS

Jun 12
1. Striking new @UVA @_HamptonU study finds:
✔️ Dads matter more for boys' school behavior, girls' emotional wellbeing
✔️ No racial gap in school performance for black & white kids in intact, father-present homes
✔️ Share of kids in father-present homes has stabilized in VA Image
2. Dads matter for both boys & girls. But engaged dads matter for boys & girls in different ways. They are more protective for

✔️ Boys' behavior in school
✔️ Girls' odds of depressionImage
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3. There is basically no racial (or ethnic) divide in school performance or behavior for black and white kids from intact, father-present families in Virginia.

Here's GPA by race/ethnicity in VA: Image
Read 7 tweets
Apr 8
1. @katebachwsj opens up @UVA: Most Americans still aspire to marriage and have kids. But some are struggling to find partners and start families.
2. @Louise_m_perry -- Yes, marriage is in retreat, at least compared to the mid-20th century. But things have leveled off of late. Imp to note that "Marriage is human universal. We need some way to manage heterosexuality" & "reproduction." "Marriage is the way societies" have organized this.
3. @michelleinbklyn: I don't agree with @BradWilcoxIFS premise that marriage has a PR problem. I don't think women are not concerned w/ finding a partner. Marriage is fairly robust among upper SES. Where marriage has fallen apart, it's where it's a bad economic bargain... "I think it has to do with the brutality of the dating market... It's not because they have watched too much Sex in the City.. The marriageable men aren't really out there."
Read 35 tweets
Feb 7
1. New Study: The happiest wives have husbands who are more protective -- as well as committed, religious & romantic. Wives' odds of being "very happy" increase by

☑️ 137% w/ more protective
☑️ 399% w/ more committed
☑️ 112% w/ more religious
☑️ 56% w/ more romantic

husbands. Image
2. “One of the striking things I found in speaking to wives on both the left and the right is that they were generally markedly happier when they told me that their husbands made them feel physically safe or protected." Image
3. “Commitment to one’s spouse has long been recognized as a foundation for developing a flourishing marriage,” said @DrJasonCarroll. “While commitment has always been an important part of healthy marriage, it may be even more significant for couples today where they are surrounded by media and cultural trends that often encourage spouses to turn their attention toward careers, friends, and technology.”
Read 5 tweets
Jan 31
Yes, there is a growing class divide in marriage today.

But there is also a growing cultural divide. Marriage is falling most among Democrats. Image
The cultural/partisan divide in marriage is growing most among the college-educated, however: Image
The cultural/partisan divide in marriage is more stable among non-college-educated: Image
Read 4 tweets
Dec 19, 2024
In 2024, the link between voting Republican & having more babies deepened. Here's what it looked like in the '24 presidential election: Image
Here's the shift illustrated from 2012-2024 by @grantjbailey:

R Squared goes from...

.08 in 2012 to .26 in 2024: Image
But as @PTBwrites noted, while Republican counties have higher fertility rates, these babies are not necessarily being born into more stable families.
Read 5 tweets
Dec 16, 2024
Given the headlines, this may strike you as surprising:

Which men cheat least?

Republicans.

But... Image
It's a particular brand of Republican husbands who are least likely to stray. Guys we call "Religious Wife Guys": Image
They're also the ones, not coincidentally, to embrace the classic fidelity norm:
They're also the ones, not coincidentally, to embrace the classic fidelity norm: Image
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